[Rarebooks] fs-Jurisprudence, Featuring Blackstone's Commentaries

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on jurisprudence and 
related subjects, with an emphasis upon different editions of 
Blackstone's Commentaries; for others, please feel free to browse 
our web site, where you may search our entire inventory by any 
word or phrase: www.meyerbos.com

1.  AUSTIN, John.  Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of
Positive Law. Fifth Edition, Revised and Edited by Robert Campbell.
Two Volumes.  John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1885. Original cloth, 
quite worn, joints cracking, front hinge of volume
two badly cracked, considerable pencilling; a just usable set only.
[70292 XY]                                               $ 350.00

The received edition of Austin's magnum opus, appearing
posthumously through the efforts of his wife, Sarah Austin, based
on his lectures delivered decades before at the University of
London; with John Stuart Mill's notes.

2.  AUSTIN, John.  On the Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence.  John
Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1863.  Modern morocco, title
dusty, clipped and repaired, the presentee's identity lost , the
presentation ("Respectfully / presented / by / S Austin") intact.
[70841 XY BLS1008L78] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=70841     $ 850.00

Presentation copy from Austin's widow, Sarah Austin, of the rare
and only separately published issuance of the Opening Lectures to
Austin's courses at the Inner Temple and London University; no copy
in OCLC or RLIN in this country.

3.  BENTHAM, Jeremy.  The Rationale of Reward.  Published by John
and H.L. Hunt, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, 1825. Contemporary 
blind-tooled morocco, rebacked, a good copy. [68769
ACTL73EL74]                                              $ 750.00

First edition in English of one of Bentham's earliest works
(written before 1782), "important and original" in seeking to
control behavior through rationally determined rewards, with
particular application to the legislature and the courts.

4.  [BENTHAM, Jeremy].  A Fragment on Government; Being An
Examination of what is delivered, On the Subject of Government in
General, In the Introduction to Sir William Blackstone's
Commentaries:  with a Preface in Which is Given a Critique of the
Work at Large.  Printed for J. Sheppard, W. Whitestone, J. Hoey
[etc.], Dublin, 1776.  Some embrowning, but quite crisp, in a
modern speckled calf. [16074 CXYL16L30L42L64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=16074   $ 3,500.00

Bentham's first substantial work, one in which he critically
examines Blackstone's political philosophy and introduces the
utilitarian principle which was to inform his own jurisprudence,
this edition used for the two principal succeeding editions.

5.  BLACKSTONE, William.  An Analysis of the Laws of England. To
Which is Perfixed [sic] an Introductory Discourse on the Study of
the Law.  The Fifth Edition. Eller 222.  Printed for Elizabeth
Watts, in Skinner-Row, Dublin, 1766.  Contemporary calf, neatly
rebacked, a good clean copy. [57472 XYL35L42EL74E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57472     $ 850.00

The analytical schema underlying--and forming the heart
of--Blackstone's "Commentaries", providing us with the syllabus
used by Blackstone for his Vinerian lectures at Oxford, crafted
over many years as the first university lectures on English law.

6.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England . .
. The Fifteenth Edition, with the Last Corrections of the Author;
and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian. Four Volumes.
Eller 27 [unrecorded variant?].  Printed by A. Strahan . . . for T.
Cadell and W. Davies [etc.], London, 1809.  Near-contemporary 1/2
calf over marbled boards, a fresh set. [57544] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57544   $ 1,500.00

The last edition undertaken by Edward Christian, who had succeeded
Richard Burn as the editor of the 'Commentaries' following
Blackstone's death and who, by some decades, preceded Maitland as
Downing Professor of Law at Cambridge; with the half title.

7.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England
[etc.]. Twelfth Edition.  Four Volumes. Eller 21.  Printed by A.
Strahan and W. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1793-95.  Contemporary 1/2
calf, rubbed, serviceably rebacked; a clean set. [64573 Y] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64573   $ 1,500.00

One of the most desirable of all the early editions, famous for its
inclusion of thirteen full page engravings, the first of only two
editions to have them, including those of Coke, Fortescue, Hale and
Mansfield, among many others.

8.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England, in
Four Books. The Fifteenth Edition . . . by Edward Christian. Four
Volumes. Eller 27 [unrecorded variant?].  Printed by A. Strahan .
. . for T. Cadell and W. Davies [etc.], London, 1809.  Contemporary
calf, some joints just cracking, but very attractive. [55057 L26E]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55057
                                                        $ 1,500.00

A pretty set of the last edition undertaken by Edward Christian,
who had succeeded Richard Burn as the editor of the 'Commentaries'
following Blackstone's death and who, by some decades, preceded
Maitland as Downing Professor of Law at Cambridge.

9.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Fifth Edition. Four Volumes. Eller 7.  At the Clarendon Press,
Printed for William Strahan [etc.], Oxford, 1773.  Contemporary
polished calf, extra gilt, a bit rubbed and a bit of cracking to
some joints, one table torn (no loss), else a lovely, appealing,
fresh set. [70671 XY] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=70671   $ 2,500.00

The first authorized octavo edition (its format followed in all
successive editions save one), the first such to be printed at
Oxford, and the first to appear under Strahan and Cadell's imprint,
following Blackstone's sale to them of the copyright.

10.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Four Volumes.  Printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1766-69. [53995 
C15XYL26E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=53995   $ 4,500.00

A very attractive "gentleman's set" bound in a full, modern tan
calf, the spines nicely gilt, exceptionally fresh; second editions
of volumes 1 and 2, first editions of volumes 3 and 4.


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